Micah 3:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You who hateשֹׂ֥נְאֵי
(so·ne·'ei)
8130: to hatea prim. root
goodטֹ֖וב
(to·vv)
2896b: a good thing, benefit, welfarefrom tob
and loveוְאֹ֣הֲבֵי
(ve·'o·ha·vei)
157: to lovea prim. root
evil,(רָ֑ע
(ra;)
7451b: evil, distress, misery, injury, calamityfrom the same as roa
Who tear offגֹּזְלֵ֤י
(go·ze·lei)
1497: to tear away, seize, roba prim. root
their skinעֹורָם֙
(o·v·ram)
5785: a skinof uncertain derivation
from them And their fleshוּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם
(u·she·'e·ram)
7607: fleshfrom an unused word
from their bones,עַצְמֹותָֽם׃
(atz·mo·v·tam.)
6106: bone, substance, selffrom atsom


















KJV Lexicon
Who hate
sane'  (saw-nay')
to hate (personally) -- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly.
the good
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
and love
'ahab  (aw-hab')
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
the evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
who pluck off
gazal  (gaw-zal')
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
their skin
`owr  (ore)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather -- hide, leather, skin.
from off them and their flesh
sh'er  (sheh-ayr')
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood -- body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
from off their bones
`etsem  (eh'tsem)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame -- body, bone, life, (self-)same, strength, very.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

King James Bible
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people's skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

International Standard Version
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.

NET Bible
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.

King James 2000 Bible
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
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